U.S. citizens Finnegan Lee Elder, right, and Gabriel Natale-Hjorth, during their trial in Rome on April 26, 2021. Ethan Elder, father of Finnegan Lee Elder, is hugged by his wife Leah as they attend the opening of the trial for the killing of Italian policeman Mario Cerciello Rega in … 1 of 3. Scopri le migliori foto stock e immagini editoriali di attualità di Finnegan Lee Elder su Getty Images. Scegli tra immagini premium su Finnegan Lee Elder della migliore qualità. The trial for two American tourists who allegedly confessed to stabbing a plain-clothes Italian police officer in Rome kicked off Wednesday.. Finnegan Lee Elder, 20, … Finnegan Lee Elder, 20, is on trial with his friend, Gabriel Christian Natale-Hjorth, 19, for the fatal stabbing of Mario Cerciello Rega on a street in central Rome in July last year. Finnegan Lee Elder… Finnegan Lee Elder, now 21, and Gabriel Natale-Hjorth, now 20, insisted they acted in self-defense. Rega had only just returned to duty after his honeymoon when he was stabbed to death on a street in central Rome in July 2019. A young American on trial in Rome for the slaying of an Italian police officer has told the court that he stabbed the victim because he feared he was being strangled by a thug. Finnegan Elder, now 20, and Gabriel Natale Hjorth, now 19, say Italian paramilitary officer Mario Cerciello Rega and his partner threw the first punches in … Elder stabbed Rega 11 times after a botched drug sting, the jury found, and Natale-Hjorth assisted in concealing the murder knife. An Italian prosecutor demanded on Saturday life sentence for two young Americans accused of murdering a policeman following a botched drugs sale in Rome. Credit: Gregorio Borgia / AP. CTV World News, your source for the latest international breaking news and headlines, today's world breaking news from around the globe. On April 29, 2021, in Rome, Gabriel Natale-Hjorth (left) and co-defendant Finnegan Lee Elder sit during a break in their trial. A jury is expected to decide on Wednesday or Thursday whether Finnegan Lee Elder, 21, and Gabriel Natale-Hjorth, 20, are guilty of murder in the stabbing death of Mario Cerciello Rega in 2019. Gabriel Natale-Hjorth, from the United States, left, and his co-defendant Finnegan Lee Elder wear face masks to curb the spread of COVID-19 as they sit during a break of a hearing in the trial where they are facing murder charges after Italian Carabinieri paramilitary police officer Mario Cerciello Rega was fatally stabbed on a Rome street in July 2019, in Rome, Monday, April 26, 2021. Lucy Fielder reports. Finnegan Lee Elder reacts as he learns he was found guilty of the 2019 murder of Carabinieri officer Mario Cerciello Rega on May 5, 2021 in Rome. The pandemic was just bearing down on Italy when the trial began of two young American men, charged with the murder of Italian police officer near their hotel while they were on vacation in 2019. Finnegan Lee Elder and Gabriel Natale-Hjorth, former schoolmates from California, insisted they acted in self-defense when a plain-clothed police offer was stabbed to death in Rome in July 2019. Americans Gabriel Christian Natale-Hjorth, 19, and Finnegan Elder, 20, stand trial for murdering an Italian police officer in July. ROME (AP/CBS SF) — Finnegan Lee Elder, a 20-year-old San Francisco man charged with murdering an Italian police officer while visiting Rome with a … After almost 13 hours of deliberation, a jury convicted Finnegan Lee Elder, 21, and Gabriel Natale-Hjorth, 20, for killing officer Cerciello Rega, 35. A Rome jury sentences two men from the Bay Area to life in jail for the assassination of a police Finnegan Lee Elder, 20, and Gabriel Natale-Hjorth, 19, are facing potential life sentences if convicted for the death of Mario Cerciello Rega, who was unarmed and on … Finnegan Lee Elder listens as the verdict is read, in the trial for the slaying of an Italian plainclothes police officer in summer 2019, in Rome, May 5, 2021. CTV World News, your source for the latest international breaking news and headlines, today's world breaking news from around the globe. An Italian prosecutor asked for the maximum sentence for Gabriel Natale-Hjorth, left, and Finnegan Lee Elder, second from right, during their trial on Saturday. Finnegan Lee Elder listens to the verdict in the trial for the slaying of an Italian plainclothes police officer on a street near the hotel where he and his co-defendant Gabriel Natale-Hjorth were staying while on vacation in Rome in summer 2019, in Rome, Wednesday, May 5, 2021. Finnegan Lee Elder, from the United States, left, speaks to his lawyer Roberto Capra, both wearing face masks to curb the spread of COVID-19, during a break in the hearing of a trial … Finnegan Lee Elder, 21, admitted to stabbing Mario Cerciello Rega during a late-night encounter in July 2019 while out with his friend Gabriel Natale-Hjorth, 20. Gabriel Natale-Hjorth, right, talks to his co-defendant Finnegan Lee Elder, before a jury began deliberating their fate during the trial. An accomplice may also be charged with murder in Italy. 1 of 24 Finnegan Lee Elder listens as the verdict is read, in the trial for the slaying of an Italian plainclothes police officer in summer 2019, in Rome, Wednesday, May 5, …